Float for casting lines



July 18, 1933.

w. WESTLING 1,918,507 FLOAT FOR CASTING LINES Filed June 26, 1931 Patented July 18, 1933 UNETED ism-res PATENT oerrea WESTIJING; OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA FLOAT F013 CASTING LINES Application filedlune 26, 1931.- Serial No. 547,057.

\ intermittently move thehook by drawing on the line before-starting to reel the same in.

To fish in this manner the improved float acts as an auxiliary reel on which a casting line between the floatandthe sinker may be 5 reeled by winding or otherwise and from which auxiliary reel'lthe gathered portion of the line is. automatically unreeled and the hook held suspended thereby from the float to the desired depth in the Water.

To the above end', generally stated, the invention consistsof the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter .described and'defi'nedin the'clairns.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several Views.

Referring to the drawing:

fiFig. 1 is a fragmentary view of a casting poleand a hook and sinkerrequippfed line to which 'the improved float is, attached and g the same resting on a body of water as it: drops at the completion of the casting thereof;

Fig; 2 is a viewcorresponding to Fig. 1 but showing the hook and sinker-equipped end of theline partly unreeled from the float;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged View of the float showing the method of. attaching thesarne to the line;

- Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 3 but showing the Line reeled on; the float and ready for casting;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a view section taken on the showing.

of the parts shown principally in transverse line 6-6 of Fig. 4;

' Fig; 7 is a viewshoWingdifi'erent positions of the float by means of 'full and broken lines during the releasing and the ,unreeling of the line; and

Fig. 8 is a VI-8W correspondingto Fig. 5 but showing a, slight. modifi'catio 'The numeral 9 indicates a onlythetip of which is'sho rne-ral '10 indicates outerend a hook hook it sinker 12. be attached to the of this case, it is casting fish pole,

wnpand the nua casting. line having on its 11 and just. inward of said A reel forthe line 10 will pole 9 but,

not thought necessary to for the purpose illustrate the. sameia'nd said-line will, be

guided on the-pole during-the reeling and unree 9,-- in': the customary manner ling thereof.

The improved float l3, which acts as an auxiliary reel, may be any other, suitable material other'wisecovered .to protect erablythis covering for; the

made, om wood or and is painted or the same Pref-" bright color so that the fioatwillact asia lure,

as will presently a pear. The float 13'is o cylindric lit r'mftap red from one end. to the other, and the ends thereof are rounded. Attachedfto the small e of e oa 1 an p j ie ting .t i ially therefrom is a screw eye 14.

at i s-v e g e p rt-Lion,.iscircum enfi l y notched to substantially the axis 7 thereofand forlSO? to form a flatsurfa 16 that is perpendicularflthe 13, atj the ends oi its wall I6,

ce laand a wall reto. Said float is revelisely beveled to-forrn a pair-of rearwardl-y diverging shoulders 1-7 that are nnderc at. 01: a pur ose" that will presently appear see'Figs. 3 and 4. The screw eye 14 and the flat surface 15 are substantially in the same 9 axis of, the float13.

lane and at the 15 and close to a d p 18 w ch, s p pendieu an osa surface. Alsosecur'edto the float 13, between undercut ends produced by pins 19. Thepins 18,.and' spaced longitudinallyof the the heads of said 19' are laterally float'l3 and proect radially outward therefrom in the same direction and in the same p1 The float 13 is attached to the line 10, as shown in Fig. 3, and slipped therealong until the desired distance from the hook 11 or, in other words, until the float 13 is positioned to hold the hook 11 suspended in the water to the desired depth. Before casting the hook-equipped end portion of the line 10 is wound on the cleats or pins 19, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and thereafter the outer end portion thereof is placed against one of the undercut shoulders 17 and wound on the pin 18. This winding of the line 10 on the pin 18 prevents the line from unreeling from the cleat 19 while the fishing tackle is being handled and during casting of said line. During the casting of the line 10 the sinker 12 traveling in advance of the float 13 produces a pull thereon, due to its weight, that holds the line 10 taut and prevents the same from slipping over the head of the pin 18. At the time the line 10 reaches its outermost position during the casting thereof, said line 10., hook 11, sinker 12 and float 13 drop on the water as shown in Fig. 1. The weight of the sinker 12 immediately carries the hook 11 and the respective port-ion of the line 10 into the'water so that it hangs from the pin 18. In case the pin 18 is in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, at the time the float 13 strikes the water, the weight of the sinker 12 acting on the float 13 through the pin 18 with a crank action will turn the float 13 about its longitudinal axis and position said float with the pin 18 projecting downward. In this position of the pin 18 its head will preventthe line 10 wound thereon from slipping thereover and cause the same to automatically unwind from the pin 18 under the pulling action produced on said line by the sinker 12, as shown by full lines in Fig. 7.

When the line 10 is released from the pin 18 it will be automatically unreeled from the cleat or pins 19 and during this unreeling of the line the heads on said pins will prevent the line 10 from slipping bodily therefrom. During the unreeling of the line 10 from the pins 19 it will be alternately released there from and as said line is drawn over the heads on the pins 19 the downward pull on the line 10 by the sinker 12 will pull the respective end of the float 13 into the water, and thereby c use the float 13 to set up a wiggling or luriflg action.

At the completion of the unreeling of the line 10 from the float 13 the pull on the line 10 produced by the sinker 12 on the eye 14 will tip the float 13 from its substantially horizontal position into an upright position, as shown by dots and dashes in Fig. 7. In this position of the float 13 the same will act as a bobber and hold the hook 11 to the desired depth in the water.

Referring now to the modification shown in Fig. 8, the parts thereof are the same as in the other figures with the exception that the pins 19 are dispensed with and said parts are given the same numerals followed by a prime. In this modification the line 10 is wound or reeled directly on the float 13.

V7 hat I claim is:

1. A float having means at one end for attaching a casting line-thereto, said line having a sinker attached to its outer end, said float having means for holding a portion of the line wound between its point of attachment to the float and the sinker, and means on the other end of the float for holding the line from unwinding during casting and for releasing the line and permitting the same to be unwound by the weight of the sinker after the float strikes the water.

2. A float having means at one end for attaching a casting line thereto, said line having a sinker attached to its outer end, said float having means for holding a portion of the line wound between its point of attachment to the float and the sinker, and a headed pin on the other end of the float on which the line may be coiled for holding the line from unwinding during casting.

3. A float having means at one end for attaching a casting line thereto, said line having a sinker attached to its outer end, said float having means for holding a portion of the line wound between its point of attachment to the float and the sinker, the float at its other end having a notch which extends from one side thereof to substantially the axis of the float, and a headed pin secured to the float and extending into the notch and on which pin the line may be coiled for holding the line from unwinding during casting.

4. A float having means at one end for attaching casting line there-to, said line having a sinker attached to its outer end, said float having means spaced longitudinally thereof for holding a portion of the line wound between its attachment to the float and the sinker, and means on the other end of the float for holding the line from un Winding during casting and releasing the line and permitting the same to be unwound by the Weightof the sinker after the float strikes the water. I

5. A float having means at one end for attaching a casting line thereto, said line having a sinker attached to its outer end, pins projecting from the float at longitudinally spaced'points for holding a portion of the line wound between its attachment to the float and the sinker, and means on the other end of the float for holding the line from unwinding during casting and for releasing the line and permitting the same to be unwound by the weight of the sinker after the float strikes the water.

WILLIAM WESTLING', I 

